Soslan Gatagov is a famous Russian footballer. Acts on the position of the left defender. He played in the Moscow Spartak and the student national team of Russia. He is currently defending the colors of the Torpedo-BelAZ team, playing in the major league of the championship of Belarus.
Soccer player biography
Soslan Gatagov was born in Vladikavkaz in 1992. As a schoolboy, he moved to Moscow with his parents. Together with his brother Alan, he entered the school of the capital's “Locomotive”. But if the elder brother spent three seasons in the “railway”, then Soslan played only for the youth team of “Locomotive”.
At first I tried in different positions, but in the end I was fixed in place of the left defender.
In 2011 he became the champion of the youth championship of Russia in the camp of the "railway workers".
Debut in big football
Playing for the Lokomotiv youth squad, Soslan Gatagov was rarely called to the main team. I never played a match on the field.
But in 2012, he received an invitation from the Moscow Spartak. He spent three seasons in the team, during which he practically did not go on the field. In total, he brought into his asset only 5 games in the “red-white". First entered the field in a meeting against the Krasnodar “Kuban”.
For three seasons at Spartak, Gatagov once became the silver medalist of the Russian championship. His personal contribution to the success of the club was, of course, minimal.
In 2015, Soslan Gatagov decided to get game practice in the championship of Armenia. He became the defender of the Ulysses club from Yerevan, playing in the major league.
In the season 2015-16 he spent 7 games for the new club. His team was in a difficult financial situation. In the championship, she was defeated in 26 matches out of 28. Having scored just two points, she took last place and was disbanded according to the results of the season.
At the beginning of 2016, Soslan Gatagov moved to the championship of Belarus. The footballer began to play for the Torpedo-BelAZ team from Zhodino. In the championship of Belarus, the team performed with varying success, eventually managing to take fifth place. In 30 matches, torpedo won 13 times. Before the championship medals, and, accordingly, the European cups, there were not enough 7 points.
The game in the national team
In 2013, Gatagov was included in the expanded list of participants of the Universiade, which was held in Kazan. However, the final composition did not hit. But in 2015 he took part in the Universiade in South Korean Gwangju as part of the student national team of Russia.
The Russian team fell into group D together with Uruguay, Ireland and China. The first meeting with the Asians was not easy. Yanushovsky opened the account, however, by the beginning of the second half, the Chinese were ahead. Only goals of Karasev and Saramutin saved the situation - a 3-2 victory. In the second round, the meeting with Uruguayans ended in a goalless draw.
In the last game with the Irish, the Gatagov team needed to play a draw or hope that Uruguay would not be able to defeat China. First, plan A. failed. By the beginning of the second half, the Irish were 2-0. 10 minutes before the final whistle, Karasev played one ball, but he didn’t have enough strength. Then the plan B. failed and the South Americans defeated 2: 1. With 4 points, the Russian team took third place and could not leave the group.
In the playoffs for 9-16 places, the Russians defeated the Canadians 2-0, then beat Mexico with a minimum score, defeated China 3-0 in the game for 9th place.
By the way, our rivals in the group dropped out in the quarter finals. The Irish lost 0: 1 to the future winner of the tournament - Italy, and the Uruguayan team lost 0: 3 to South Korea.
Personal life
Gatagov's private life was often accompanied by reputation scandals. In the summer of 2014, photographs appeared on social networks and popular Internet sites, in which Russian national team player Alexander Kokorin and ex-Spartak Moscow defender Soslan Gatagov are present. The personal plane on which the football players fly caused a storm of discontent and criticism from football fans. In one of the photographs, the players squatting on the chic chairs of a private jet, playing cards and eating seeds.
Soslan Gatagov and his girlfriend often post joint photos on social networks. Football player meets with model Anfisa Ibadova. So if in his sports career everything is not very successful so far, then his personal life is adjusted. Young people spend a lot of time together: they often go to fashion stores, go in for sports, and lead an active lifestyle.